Title: Oil and Ice: A Story of Arctic Disaster and the Rise and Fall of America's Last Whaling Dynas ty
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0143118366
ISBN 13: 9780143118367
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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"Peter Nichols has crafted a terrifyingly relevant historical narrative...A terrific read."
-Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In The Heart of the Sea

In 1871, America's last fleet of whaling ships was destroyed in an arctic ice storm. Miraculously, 1,218 men, women and children survived, but the disaster was catastrophic at home.

Oil and Ice is the story of one fateful whaling season that illuminates the unprecedented rise and devastating fall of America's first oil economy, and the fate of today's petroleum industry.

About the Author

Peter Nichols, in addition to his sailing adventures, has worked in the film business as a screenwriter, propmaker, and ship-wrangler. He lives in Northern California.

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